SCHAPELLE Corby will have to guarantee to help Indonesian authorities catch other drug traffickers before she can be released on parole.

Kerobokan prison governor Ngurah Wiratna has revealed the Australian prisoner would need to sign up to being a "justice collaborator", meaning she would help narcotics police if required, before she could get out of jail.

Mr Wiratna has met Corby's Indonesian lawyer, Iskandar Nawing, five days after the Australian Government brought her release a step closer by officially guaranteeing she would not leave Indonesia while on parole.

The jail boss initially also said Corby would be required to admit her guilt before being eligible for parole, before later clarified his position after examining the detail of government regulations introduced last year.

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A MELBOURNE hospital has apologised to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption over a 30-year period.

Monash Health chief executive Shelly Park said she was truly sorry for the pain and loss so many experienced through past adoption practices at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in the 30-year period up to the late 1970s.

"I recognise that many women, particularly young single women, experienced grief, pain, anger and loss, some of which have continued to the present time," Ms Park said on Wednesday.

"For this, I apologise unconditionally."

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The Daily Telegraph was on the scene and saw boxes of handbags, colognes, wallets, suits and shoes being confiscated. One storage area was allegedly set up to resemble a department store, with perfumes allegedly stacked on shelves for easy viewing and suits hung on racks according to their style.

Police arrested 50-year-old Gabi Zayout at the scene before escorting him away for questioning. He was released pending further inquiries. Police expect charges to be laid.

Zayout is alleged to be the importer of the goods and a "main player" in the trade of counterfeit items.

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A 22-YEAR-OLD woman was kidnapped by a carload of men while she was walking near her home after being unable to sleep.Access all Areas. $1 for the first 28 days. Only $2.95 a week thereafter. Learn more.

The woman - who escaped from the ordeal unscathed - went for the walk in Ararat about 1am yesterday when she was accosted by three men.

Police said the woman didn't know her kidnappers, and it was a "completely random" attack, 3AW radio report.

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I like the new Pope also Sister. As a Protestant I guess I may have a different view but I do like his attitude to his more humble flock members and doing away with so many of the trappings and expenses of office to aid the poor.

That is an interesting question and I had to go look at the Statistics site for results of our latest census in 2011. We are not predominantly Catholic and according to the figures just over 60% of our population are Christian, with 25% Catholic and 17% Anglican and 5% Uniting Church which covers former Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches. Then there are all the other smaller groups which also include some of the Presbyterians etc who chose not to unite. (Some wag once commented that they were wise in calling themselves the Uniting Church as they had not reached the stage of being the United Church).

The huge influx of migrants has also brought in many non Christian religions but the one thing that is surprising is the large number (22%) who marked "no religion" on their replies. Not sure if this is how they all feel or just that they consider it their own business. It does not say in the table but I have an inkling the form did not make this question compulsory.

I like the new Pope also Sister. As a Protestant I guess I may have a different view but I do like his attitude to his more humble flock members and doing away with so many of the trappings and expenses of office to aid the poor.

That is an interesting question and I had to go look at the Statistics site for results of our latest census in 2011. We are not predominantly Catholic and according to the figures just over 60% of our population are Christian, with 25% Catholic and 17% Anglican and 5% Uniting Church which covers former Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches. Then there are all the other smaller groups which also include some of the Presbyterians etc who chose not to unite. (Some wag once commented that they were wise in calling themselves the Uniting Church as they had not reached the stage of being the United Church).

The huge influx of migrants has also brought in many non Christian religions but the one thing that is surprising is the large number (22%) who marked "no religion" on their replies. Not sure if this is how they all feel or just that they consider it their own business. It does not say in the table but I have an inkling the form did not make this question compulsory.

A MELBOURNE hospital has apologised to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption over a 30-year period.

Monash Health chief executive Shelly Park said she was truly sorry for the pain and loss so many experienced through past adoption practices at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in the 30-year period up to the late 1970s.

"I recognise that many women, particularly young single women, experienced grief, pain, anger and loss, some of which have continued to the present time," Ms Park said on Wednesday.

"For this, I apologise unconditionally."

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Must have skipped over this article. Reminds me of young women here who were "forced" by their families to give up their babies for adoption. Of course, there are multiple cases where the baby was raised as a sibling in the family.

FOR 49 years, Francis Ryan and her younger brothers lived with the cruel emotional crush that their mother did not love them; that she had abandoned them in their infancy to pursue her own life. Never to return.

While they spent decades wondering why she had left, Judith Bartlett was dead.

For almost half a century her bones lay in a lonely field, 145km from the warmth of her Bathurst family home, and the thoughts of her children.

Now, the revelation of Judith's plight has created a strange anomaly that in hearing that their mother was murdered, her trio of kids finally felt the peace of knowing she loved them.

Instead of walking out on them, she was snatched from their lives on an autumn day in 1964 while walking the 2˝ blocks to work at the old Royal Hotel, leaving 10-year-old Francis, six-year-old Graeme, and two-year-old Daryl without a mother.

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FOR 49 years, Francis Ryan and her younger brothers lived with the cruel emotional crush that their mother did not love them; that she had abandoned them in their infancy to pursue her own life. Never to return.

While they spent decades wondering why she had left, Judith Bartlett was dead.

For almost half a century her bones lay in a lonely field, 145km from the warmth of her Bathurst family home, and the thoughts of her children.

Now, the revelation of Judith's plight has created a strange anomaly that in hearing that their mother was murdered, her trio of kids finally felt the peace of knowing she loved them.

Instead of walking out on them, she was snatched from their lives on an autumn day in 1964 while walking the 2˝ blocks to work at the old Royal Hotel, leaving 10-year-old Francis, six-year-old Graeme, and two-year-old Daryl without a mother.

What a incredible story. And her poor husband Richard died without ever knowing the truth about why she didn't come home.At least part of the pain is gone from the children now. Bless their hearts!

FOR 49 years, Francis Ryan and her younger brothers lived with the cruel emotional crush that their mother did not love them; that she had abandoned them in their infancy to pursue her own life. Never to return.

While they spent decades wondering why she had left, Judith Bartlett was dead.

For almost half a century her bones lay in a lonely field, 145km from the warmth of her Bathurst family home, and the thoughts of her children.

Now, the revelation of Judith's plight has created a strange anomaly that in hearing that their mother was murdered, her trio of kids finally felt the peace of knowing she loved them.

Instead of walking out on them, she was snatched from their lives on an autumn day in 1964 while walking the 2˝ blocks to work at the old Royal Hotel, leaving 10-year-old Francis, six-year-old Graeme, and two-year-old Daryl without a mother.

How sad.

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FOR 49 years, Francis Ryan and her younger brothers lived with the cruel emotional crush that their mother did not love them; that she had abandoned them in their infancy to pursue her own life. Never to return.

While they spent decades wondering why she had left, Judith Bartlett was dead.

For almost half a century her bones lay in a lonely field, 145km from the warmth of her Bathurst family home, and the thoughts of her children.

Now, the revelation of Judith's plight has created a strange anomaly that in hearing that their mother was murdered, her trio of kids finally felt the peace of knowing she loved them.

Instead of walking out on them, she was snatched from their lives on an autumn day in 1964 while walking the 2˝ blocks to work at the old Royal Hotel, leaving 10-year-old Francis, six-year-old Graeme, and two-year-old Daryl without a mother.

What a incredible story. And her poor husband Richard died without ever knowing the truth about why she didn't come home.At least part of the pain is gone from the children now. Bless their hearts!

They were reunited before the kids found out, maybe they both led the finder of the body to her.

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